Sentence examples for drew directly from from inspiring English sources

Leonardo said this was because he did not learn from masters, but drew directly from nature.

He said this move drew directly from the precedent set by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's wedding in 1947 and Charles and Diana's nuptials in 1981.

Prospero's great act five speech, which Shakespeare drew directly from Ovid's evocation of Medea, becomes in the opera a moment of parallel metaphysical power, mighty music indeed (and I haven't even heard the orchestration yet).

Most of the group's songs were sung in Wolof, using an ornamented vocal style sometimes sustained and soaring, sometimes low and declamatory that drew directly from the griot tradition.

It drew directly from the shape of the pieces on the band's new record, "II," and the previous one, from 2005, "Gamelan Into the Mink Supernatural," rather than expand and contract and move forward in free improvisation, as the band did back at the beginning, nine years ago.

Many details of the king's life, as well as his death and burial, are well known to scholars from accounts by 1st century C.E. historian Josephus who drew directly from writings by Herod's court biographer.

Hearthstone draws directly from the World of Warcraft card game, and indirectly from Magic: The Gathering.

Those blunt and painful words are drawn directly from Ms. Morrison's novel.

In contrast with the family story, the portrait of Idi Amin is drawn directly from life.

Teaching assistants are generally drawn directly from the communities their schools serve.

The European Union directive draws directly from work done by the F.S.B. and the United States.